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I have had that hapen to me where a re-boot brings them all back. &nbsp;They are there, but not visible to the naked eye due to some odd glitsch.
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I have had that hapen to me where a re-boot brings them all back.  They are there, but not visible to the naked eye due to some odd glitsch.

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Just rebooted the server. &nbsp;Printers still not there. &nbsp;Users are still able to print, however I am not able to access Print Server Properties or add/remove printers.<br />
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Users are still unable to map new printers. &nbsp;Only users who currently have printers installed can print.
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Just rebooted the server.  Printers still not there.  Users are still able to print, however I am not able to access Print Server Properties or add/remove printers.

Users are still unable to map new printers.  Only users who currently have printers installed can print.

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Here's the situation. &nbsp;All the printers have vanished from my Windows 2003 server.<br />
If someone is currently attached to the printer via their workstation, everything is OK, and they are able to print.<br />
However when you go the Printers/Faxes window on the server, it is empty, and you cannot add a new printer to the workstation.<br />
You cannot add a printer, or see print server properties on the server either.<br />
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I have restarted the Spooler service. &nbsp;The service restarts fine, but the printers still are not there.<br />
I am leary to reboot the server because I'm afraid that if I do, the people who are currently printing will no longer be able to.<br />
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There are no entries in the event log.<br />
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Any suggestions?<br />

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Here's the situation.  All the printers have vanished from my Windows 2003 server.
If someone is currently attached to the printer via their workstation, everything is OK, and they are able to print.
However when you go the Printers/Faxes window on the server, it is empty, and you cannot add a new printer to the workstation.
You cannot add a printer, or see print server properties on the server either.

I have restarted the Spooler service.  The service restarts fine, but the printers still are not there.
I am leary to reboot the server because I'm afraid that if I do, the people who are currently printing will no longer be able to.

There are no entries in the event log.

Any suggestions?


Printers dissapeared on Windows 2003 server. HELP!

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).